On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) that purports to deprive states of the ability to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) – t…
Back in 2011, as Nevada was developing regulations for automated driving, there was debate about whether vehicles should have a special external signal to indic…
Berlin, April 28, 2025 - Epicenter.works, the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF), the Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv), and Stanford Professor Barba…
Just Compensation Congress should help artists get paid without delivering the Internet into the hands of the big labels. Industry Standard, April 9 2001…
Adobe in Wonderland In its Alice e-book, the bottle marked "Drink Me" increases public freedoms but the cake marked "Eat Me" strengthens con…
The Rules of Politics In a strange twist, the FTC shines as the Supreme Court stumbles. Industry Standard, January 15, 2001…
The Rules of Law Consistency may be the hobgoblin of small minds. It is also a basic requirement of prosperity. Industry Standard, December 4, 2000…
Government Property bureaucrats in Washington don"t just break monopolies. They also make them. Industry Standard, October 30, 2000…
Copyrights Rule Courts are racing to enjoin alleged violators of copyright law, taking no account of the effects on the development of the Internet. Industry St…
Behind the Curtain It"s the other side of the privacy debate: Allowing consumers to find out as much about business and government as they know about us. I…
Right Back at Ya The question remains: What were the principles behind Bill Gates" position on the Justice Department"s case against Microsoft? Indust…
The Limits of Copyright Our country"s founders put certain intellectual property rights into the Constitution. But they weren"t downloading software.…
A Letter to Bill The pivotal question in the Microsoft case is the principle of the right to innovate. What principles will Bill defend? Industry Standard, June…
In Search of Skeptics We need to be willing to think about the effects of regulation on the process of innovation. Industry Standard, April 17, 2000…
Battling Censorware Copyright law is limited by the Constitution. But when there are conflicts with the First Amendment, some courts lean the other way. Industr…